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To the Right Honoble.
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William Lord Cowper
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Baron
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, Lord High
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Chancellor of Great Britain.
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May it please your Lordshipp to be Certified.
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That at a Generall Quarter Sessions of the peace holden for the City & Liberty of Westmr. in the County of Midd on Friday the
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Fourth day of July, in the
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Sixth year of her now Maties. Reign, 1707
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. It appeared unto us & others her Maties.
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Justices of peace
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for the said City & Liberty then Assembled, by the
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humble peticon of
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Jane Short
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John Thornburgh
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Sarah Dingley
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widdow,
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Henry Penfins
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James Read
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, Thomas paicem, John
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Fintell,
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, on the behalfe of themselves & other Sufferers by the late
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dreadfull & lamentable Fire wch. happened in
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Charles Street
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& the places Adjacent wth. in the parish of St. Margarett Westmr. (Exclusive of all
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benefitt & advantage of Insurance or otherwise) That on the Tenth day of Aprill last, there happened in the said
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& places Adjacent
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a very dreadfull & lamentable first, where most of the peticoners were housekeepers & others Lodgers, at the time of the same First; wch. suddenly
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burt down & destroyed not only Seaventeen dwelling Houses, wth. Outhouses thereunto belonging, but also very much Damaged Six more houses;
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And that the greatest part of the Petitioners Goods, Chattells, Household stuff and Implemente of Trade were either burnt, broken to peices &
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made unserviceable, or Stolen away; the whole Losse (Exclusive of all benefitt of Insurance) Amounting to the value of Three Thousand Eight
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Hundred Ninety and One Pounds, and upwards; whereby the respective petitioners are not able to Subsist without falling into great want,
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unless some speedy Rednesse be had by a Breift for Charitable Collection, And thereupon prayed us her Maties.
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Justices of peace
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now Assembled, to
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Certify the same unto your good Lordshipp, To the End your Lordshipp might be pleased to Grant unto them her Maties. Letters patents to
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Enable them to take, receive & gather the Charitable Contributions of her Maties. Subjects in that part of South Britain called
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and the
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Dominion of Walkes and Town of
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. And wee having now Examined the truth of the said Peticon. Doe further Certifie,
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That it likewise appeared unto us, aswell upon the Oaths of the Petitioners, as upon the Oaths of
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Edward Sawyer
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Simcon Betts
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well Experienced workmen, That the Dammages & Losse Sustained by the said Peticoners
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by reason of the said First, doth upon a true Estimate of the value thereof Amount to Three Thousand Eight Hundred Ninety & One Pounds
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Seaven Shillings and Nine pence Halfpenny: And that they (wth. out a Collection) are not any wise able to Susteyne themselves; but must
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fall into great want & penury; For wth. Caused wee are bold humbly to Recommend the Distressed & miserable Estates of the said Peticoners
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unto your Lordshipps Consideration; humbly praying your good Lordshipp (if it shall so seem fit, unto Your Honors. Grave Wisdom,) to Grant
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unto them her Maties. Garious Letters Pattents for a Collection of the Pious & Charitable Benevolence of such her Maties. well disposed Subjects as shall
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be willing to Contribute to the Releife of the Necessity of the said Petitioners in & through the Cities Counties & Places in that part of South
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Britain, called England & the Deminion of
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& Town of
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Berwick upon Tweed
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, All wch. nevertheless, wee humbly Submit to your Lordshipps
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grave wisdom, humbly resting, your Lordshipps most humble and most obedient Servants:
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